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On a late summer afternoon in 1940, Henrik and Konrad, two old friends in their 70s who have not seen each other in 41 years, meet at Henrik's estate in rural Hungary. They had met at a military academy at age 10 and became the closest of friends. On a fateful day in July 1899, Konrad nearly shot Henrik, and the next day fled the country. Henrik realized that his friend had been having an affair with Henrik's wife Krisztina, and the aggrieved husband pro...